And not in the way that most guys who run around a field naked are “special”.īut what really put me over the top on this one was the atrociously purple prose.įor example, when Duncan is trying to touch Amber’s "ehem"(which by the way, restores his memory): “I won’t force you,” Duncan said in a low voice, “but I shall die if I can’t at least touch you. There’s just no getting around it, he’s special. I was ready for smackdown on page one, when she “gasps” because naked Duncan is wearing an amber pendant. I normally don’t feel the need to give a heroine a smackdown until I’ve read at least a quarter of the book –but not Amber. While this is clearly a major plot point, it is also a giant plot sinkhole that cannot be overcome.ĭuncan turns out to be the only person Amber can touch without pain-in fact, it feels superfragilistically awesome.
So of course the first thing the lord of the manor does is bring this huge naked man to Amber so she can take care of him in her little isolated hut. She can’t touch anyone without pain, either, because people are mean and mean thoughts hurt.ĭuncan is a man with no past-he’s found naked in a sacred grove, and he has no idea who he is or how he got there. When she touches people, she is able to read their truthiness. So I was a bit disposed to dislike this from page 1.īasic Premise: Amber the Untouched is cursed.
Everyone has the things they like in books and this time period isn't one of my favorites. I'm pretty sure I have read and liked her stuff in the past but after this one it's hard to see why.Īdmittedly, I don’t like medieval romances as a rule-I didn’t even like “For My Lady’s Heart” by Laura Kinsale, and people have puppies over that one. He wanted the very thing he had driven away from himself, and he wanted it more than he wanted life itself. "He buried his face in his hands, knowing his own truth too late. "Breath of my breath heart of my heart souls of my soul touch me." Ride the dragon you have summoned from mortal flesh.” If you touch him, you will know life that might or death that will.Be therefore as sunlight, hidden in amber, untouched by man, not touching.Forbidden.” “In shades of darkness he will come to you. Now, due to this, I'm not sure if it really is as good as I think it is.or if the series just has a special place in my heart. This is one of those books you read when you were younger and love to read and re-read over and over. 10/25/21: Continuing my kindle purchase/paperback "replacement" (but not actually following through on that part) classic romance love re-reading barrage.ġ1/16/15: Continuing my Medieval re-read extravaganza.
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